A pure mind is always full of love - real love for all others.

If you want to understand suffering, you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

The one who grasps at existence suffers in samsara, while the one who grasps at non-existence will find no liberation.

Every being has the potential of becoming a Buddha. Our true nature is Buddha nature.

The more we understand the nature of our mind, the more we understand the nature of our world.

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

The contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate our inner experience, which in its very nature transcends linguistics.

Time passes unhindered. When we make ourselves better, we make the world better.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

Mindfulness is being aware of what is happening right now, without wishing it were different.

The mind is the forerunner of all things. Our present life is the result of our past thoughts, and our future life will be the result of our present thoughts.

Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.

Understanding at the intellectual level is not enough. There must be experience at the actual level.

The noting mind and the object noted appear to occur as a pair. Through concentration they are seen to arise and vanish together.

The only way to experience truth is to look within, to observe oneself.

The mind has first to be attuned to the Unconscious.

Meditation is not just about sitting quietly, it's about transforming the mind.

Many people think excitement is happiness... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.

The nature of the mind is like the sky, and our thoughts, emotions, and experiences are like clouds passing through it.

The Buddha's teaching challenges us to master the art of living, to live in a way that leads to the extinction of suffering.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.

The practice is simply this: keep coming back to your breath during the day. This will give your mind a steadiness and your life a balance.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

The challenge in meditation is not to eliminate thinking but to understand the nature of thought itself.

The heart of one who practices is like the earth. No matter what they throw on it, the earth remains unchanged.

Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

Awareness is the basis, or what you might call the "support," of the mind. It is steady and unchanging, like the pole to which the flag of ordinary consciousness is attached.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma.

The more you suffer the deeper grows your character, and with the deepening of your character you read the more penetratingly into the secrets of life.

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.